TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters

Week of July 10, 2020

1.Residents of which city have the farthest to drive to reach a salt-water beach? (10 points)

Omaha
Atlanta
Phoenix
New Orleans
New York

2.Which of the following sentences is correct? (5 points)

I didn't get hear on time because my clock is busted.
The book includes tales of monkey tails and desert isles.
My brother past his French test yesterday.
Were having a break after the test.
I mist the bus this morning.

3.There are 17 students in Madison's day camp group. If they bring 60 cupcakes to celebrate their successful hike, and share them equally, how many will be left over for the counselor or the squirrels to eat? (10 points)

4.What numbers come next in the following sequence: 1, 5, 2, 9, 3, 13, 4, 17... (10 points)

5, 20
18, 5
5, 21
7, 28
6, 20

5.Which of the following pairs is correct? (10 points)

New York - Space Needle
Minnesota - Mt. Rushmore
New Orleans - Golden Gate Bridge
St. Louis - Arch
Seattle - Empire State Building

6.Which number in the numerator would already be in lowest terms in a fraction with 128 in the denominator? (5 points)

7.All trogs are trumps and all truids are trogs, but not all teeters are truids. What else do you know is true? (20 points)

All trumps are trogs
All teeters are trumps
All truids are trumps
All truids are teeters
No truids are trumps

8.Which proverb comes closest in meaning to this one: "Patience is a virtue." (20 points)

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
All that glitters is not gold.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Haste makes waste.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

9.Peter wants to learn a string instrument this summer, but he wants to learn the biggest one. Which should he choose? (5 points)

Bassoon
Violin
Bass
Cello
Viola

10.Which does not have a homophone? (5 points)

witch
read
there
spin
heir

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